Skilled Migrant Professionals October 2014 | Page 13

Career

Essential skills to nurture
Businesses in the market to recruit new workers look for specific/detailed skills and qualities. Their aim is to maintain or enhance a well-organised,
specialised and creative business. Some of the most well-regarded employee capabilities include how people work and connect with each other and
how research and preparation is done at work.

Communication skills:
Both potential employees and
employers must have very good
communication competencies. A
vital part of any business is the
need to communicate effectively;
with one another, with supervisors and most importantly with
the business’s clients. Operational
communication skills are imperative to guarantee that emails
are succinct, documents are clear
and presentations are sharp and
professional. Listening is also a
fundamental skill, as staff will be
required to interpret requirements
for assignments and projects, particularly when employed as part
of a team.

Preparation and multitasking: Each individual staff
member is accountable for
simultaneously meeting targets,
organising a schedule and
completing various assignments.
Businesses look for workers who
can manage a job and don’t
need too much direction or
supervision. This skill includes being able to solve problems, being
adaptable with project variances
and taking opinions on board
from other employees.

Research and analytical
skills: Other significant skills
that employers value in new
workers are research and analytical skills. Some employers
often require staff to do marketplace studies for new goods/
services, to conduct research to
keep internal processes costs
low and profits high, and to assess emerging niche markets.

Leadership and creativity
skills: Employees often work together on projects. Some of them
will need to undertake a leadership role to ensure deadlines are
met, problems are addressed and
all ideas are considered. Therefore, employers will seek employees who display natural leadership
skills. Additionally, these employees should be creative so they can
identify and implement solutions
to potential problems.

“If you just communicate, you can get by. But if
you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.”
– Jim Rohn

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